Cybersecurity
Assessing a training program
NIST Special Publication 800-16 recommends four ways to evaluate the effectiveness of a cybersecurity training program.
Digital Government
Prison computer recycling put staff, inmates at risk, NIOSH finds
Prisoners were exposed to toxins, but poor record-keeping makes it hard to know how extensively, according to a report from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Digital Government
Obama Year One: An Assessment
One year after inauguration, one publication is saying that the president's management agenda has been positive.
Digital Government
Backing Up Twitter and Facebook posts challenges governments
Government Technology
Digital Government
milBook securely harnesses social media behind DOD firewalls
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Official says Clinton speech could "undermine China-US relations"
China has imposed an Internet censoring system that blocks access in China to some information and Web sites
Digital Government
Dense federal regulations grow more accessible
Agencies are putting the Code of Federal Regulations online in a machine-readable format.
Digital Government
VA slips slightly in deployment of GI bill claims system
First release of software will be ready in March, but won't be able to handle complex claims.
Digital Government
VA employees return to complaint filed against suspended e-learning system
Office of Special Counsel tells whistleblowers it could investigate if it had evidence the department is still paying the contractor to develop the halted project
Ideas
U.S. National Brand: Oppose Censorship
After Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new commitment to undoing foreign online censorship, U.S. tech vendors pledged support on the condition that State's moves do not harm domestic business.
Digital Government
U.S. Behind Haiti Earthquake?
Some truly off-the-wall comments on a story on the Haitian relief operations <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100115_9940.php>I wrote last week</a> suggest that Haiti was not hit by an earthquake but some sort of a planned attack by the United States.
Cybersecurity
5 tips for cybersecurity-training your employees
Government security managers recommend several techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of employee cybersecurity training and improving the odds that the lessons will sink in.
Acquisition
GSA Blues: Nowhere to go but up
The General Services Administration, the government’s premier procurement agency, has been left adrift for a year with no permanent administrator and a number of key departures.
Acquisition
GSA disaster recovery program gains momentum
Companies reported their highest quarterly sales increases from July to September 2009.
People